Well here's part two and I think this story might end up being a four part short story (maybe more). However, given I have had no reviews I'm not sure I should continue as I don't know if anyone cares… sniff, sniff :-( Please review as it makes me happy.

Albus woke with a blinder of a headache. Rose had refused to see or sit with him for two days and his numerous pleas (thru Lily and Scorpius) of "I'm a twat please forgive me" fell on deaf ears. How had he managed to cock things up so royally? He had simultaneously fallen for and alienated himself from the one creature in this shithole world that was worth anything to him – what a fucken dumb-arse he was!

He now sat dejectedly in the near empty Hogwarts library in the far corner where he and Rose regularly studied and laughed, scowling darkly at anyone that dare try to approach him.

Even that stupid bimbo slapper Jemma McLaggen who has been endlessly trying to get him to shag her, stayed away. "Good - when was she going to realise that you needed to have a bit more than just big tits - like say - a brain for any decent guy to be interested." thought Albus nastily.

He didn't have any shared classes with Rose until next period where they shared Arithmancy. He hadn't finished his paper that was due as of course the dumb-fuck that he is managed to piss off the one person with enough intelligence to help him.

Albus stabbed his quill viciously into the ink pot and attempted, for the dozenth time to solve his Arithmancy problem.

As he scribbled nonsense on his parchment he was interrupted by a soft cough to his left. Turning slowly he was ready to tell whoever it was to piss-off when he started to take in that oh so familiar dear face and form and object of his current state of pain. "Rose!" Albus coloured and stared trying to form a coherent sentence or at least a sentence that wouldn't have her storming off in a temper with him.

She looked at him and as he went to launch into a thousand apologies "Rose, please I'm so sor.." She held up her hand to stop him.

"Stop Al… I have something to say and I need to get it out." She said firmly. Albus just nodded and pulled out the chair next to him so she could sit down and their conversation could be more private.

"I know you're sorry...and said some stupid things..." He nodded and attempted to give her a small smile. She continued "… and I know you dislike Henry and have never approved of our dating... ", Albus nodded vigorously as Rose continued "…but there is one thing you said to me that has stuck in my mind." She paused and gave him a sober and yet warm smile "… you said if he really cared he should leave it to me and not be trying to pressure me into having sex with him." She looked at him then and he nodded seriously.

Rose sighed and looked sadly at him "...you're right of course and I told him that last night." Albus's eyebrows arched as he looked at her in surprise and then he started to feel that huge weight lifting from him, trying not to grin like a fool and whoop with delight.

She grabbed his hands with hers and his heart felt it was going to leap from his chest and explode into a million pieces at her feet. Rose went on "Henry is pretty pissed off with you right now as he thinks you interfere too much in my life - so you might want to stay away from him for a while... No hassling OR hexing him, ok?"

Albus snorted and rolled his eyes, as if he's worried about that git – Albus (and Wood too) both knew that Albus could hex that dick-heads balls into oblivion if he wanted to! Albus replied "You've got to be kidding right...?" But her serious expression and warning glare silenced him immediately - he nodded in agreement but thought to himself wickedly "That's fine because I'll just get Malfoy to hex him on my behalf..."

His mischievous plotting was interrupted by Rose "...and no getting Malfoy or your other Slytherin mates to do your dirty work either!" He grumped but gave her a roguish smile and leaned in to her in a conspiratorial way, joking "...ah but I have many ways and means to achieve my goals sweet Rosie." He smiled then, a genuine only for the ones that I hold dear smile and she couldn't resist that and beamed back "I mean it Al."

He sighed and nodded his agreement, automatically plotting other ways to get at Wood. The best one yet and he had kept it up his sleeve just for a special occasion... Hugo! Hugo can do his dirty work instead! Hugo did not like Wood either - especially as Wood had cut him out of the Gryffindor Keeper position last year in favour of his mate Jones. However, Hugo managed to beat the snot out of Jones in a play-off this year - with a little tutoring from his Slytherin cousin of course. "Perfect!" thought Albus conspiratorially "Wait till I tell him he's trying to shag his sister as well…"

Rose squeezed his hands and he grinned at her and said "How's about an I forgive you even if you are a git hug then?" She laughed then and flung her arms around his neck.

Albus held her close savouring the feel of her and feeling the pain of this not being more than just a friendly hug on her side.

She pulled away and kissed him affectionately on the cheek looking into his now relaxed happy face, arms still wrapped around his neck "I missed you, you know." He said soberly "...and I really am sorry for what I said... except the bit about Wood being a prize prick of course..." He grinned in mock evil and Rose laughed and punched his arm good-naturedly. "Ouch! Such violence woman!" Rubbing his arm dramatically, as she punched him again.

"Well," she interrupted "we had better get on with your little problem then hadn't we".

He grinned cheekily and answered "It's not that little you know..." She blushed at his double-meaning and gave him a matronly look, tapping at his Arithmancy text book "Arithmancy, now, Al". He laughed and they spent an extremely pleasant hour working together, joking, teasing and laughing.

Will probably get steamier in the next couple of chapters.